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Obama Supporters Take His (Middle) Name
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe New York Times chronicles a web-based phenomenon surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama. A growing number of his supporters are taking his middle name as their own in their online identities. It is cropping up on networking sites and discussion boards as a rash of new "Husseins" take their man's Arabic middle name. Sen. Obama has been trying to run down the rumor that he is a Muslim. He is not, but due to his father's Muslim heritage, Obama's youth spent in Indonesia, and that middle name of his, the rumor persists. Now, a rash of new Husseins are appearing online, ...
Barack HIS-NAME Obama
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAbout a year ago, I read a post by an AOL blogger the premise of which was that the biggest reason Barack Obama would never be elected president was that his middle name connoted all the wrong things to the American public. At the time, I remember thinking, "Seriously? Americans can't be that short-sighted, can they?"Well, a poll that's currently up in an AOL News story titled, "Obama Fights False Links to Islam," does not seem to portend well for Obama. Though a self-selecting sample if ever there was, as of this writing 47% of respondents seem to feel there's some truth to the many false ...
McCain's Tennessee Waltz
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyThere they go again. A day after John McCain rebuked conservative radio talk show host Bill Cunningham for using Barack Obama's full name, McCain is taking the Tennessee Republican Party to the woodshed. The party issued a press release that included the photo of Obama dressed in traditional African garb and used his full name under the headline "Anti-Semites for Obama."Tennessee GOP chairman Robin Smith claims she merely wants to "set the record straight about Barack Obama and where he really stands on vital issues such as national security and the security of Israel." ...
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